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Wines & Spirits

We reckon that our senior team has over 40 years of wine-buying experience between them, and our full wine range extends to more than 800 bins. That’s a lot of wine, and we choose each bottle carefully. You’ll find familiar brands, of course, but our team also takes great pleasure in building relationships with smaller producers who can offer our customers something unusual. Our specialists are committed to being on the shop floor, where you can ask them for advice on wine and food matching or help in choosing a special treat. Buyers regularly choose their favourite wines and highlight them with tasting notes, and these ‘buyer’s choice’ bottles are independently selected, based on quality alone.

We want our customers to be able to taste our wine, and we hold tastings and invite our producers to come and tell staff and customers about their vintages. We have a special interest in sustainable winemaking – when the wines are this good, we want the vineyards to still be around in 1,000 years. We also have a great-quality selection of premium spirits (our customers tell us that they love a decent gin and tonic), which includes vodka and gin from the Herefordshire-based Chase distillery, and some great whisky. We’ll also offer advice on pouring the ‘perfect serve’, so look out for recipe cards – though some of our mixers are delicious enough to drink on their own.